​BILL ANNOUNCES:Straydog Radio Show covering the events of Saturday, November 26, 2016. Juana, what happened on the Saturday after Thanksgiving? This is a long report.

JUANA: It is a long report. It was a very foggy morning. Anyway, Tyler started building a new shelter for Ricky and C-Stat on Wednesday. Do you remember the big house that Tony built for the family, Momma-dog, Bobby and Briar? It's always been known as the family kennel. We always used that kennel for three dogs. We weren’t using the kennel, because the shelter was positioned in the middle and taking up too much room. And I asked Tyler to build a new shelter, because that shelter was falling apart. He couldn’t rebuild it; it was too far gone. So he started building the new shelter in the very back of the kennel. This way Ricky and C-Stat will have the whole front of the kennel to run and play and that’s what they like to do. All of the dogs love the floor, when Tyler builds a new shelter. It is up off the ground and they won’t get down. They just love it. Ricky was jumping on it. It will take several days for him to finish the new shelter, so we won’t be able to tear down the old shelter until it’s finished.

Zoe was the walker in Pat Arnold Park. She was taking DeeDee and Oscar back to their kennel.

It was a good. We also had Adoption Day on Saturday. We told Winston that today was his day. It was his lucky day! He had a home visit. As we know by now, he found his forever home. I had to bathe him and make him look pretty for his home visit. There he is shaking and saliva was everywhere. Shelby was bringing him into the kennel office for his bath.

Jacob had to wait with Pinky and Lucy. Jacob was the walker in the Shirley Olsen Beemer park and he was bringing them back to their kennel.

Winston is so big that we had trouble getting him into the bathtub.

He didn’t want to get in there. Shelby and I managed to get him into the bathtub. He was so good. He just stood there and he was okay, once we started bathing him. I rubbed his ears and he sat down. He was very good. I was talking to him and then he liked it. He felt good. We didn’t put him in a crate to dry. We just let him shake around the kennel office. It was the cutest thing and I think he knew that it was his lucky day. We’ve already had reports on his adoption.

Jacob’s grandfather likes Schnauzers. He and his wife already have three Schnauzers and a Shih Tzu. His wife is a stay-at-home mom to her doggies. We expected Jacob’s grandfather to come and see Rocky. In the morning, Rocky was so wired.

He was playing with Zoe and just shaking and tugging on her pant leg. She couldn’t spot laughing. He would never bite anyone. He just wanted to play. He didn’t know that Jacob’s grandfather was coming to meet him. Shelby and I were in the middle of getting the dogs ready for Adoption Day and getting them into the van.

Marshall went to Adoption Day.

Zoe was helping me get Miss B. She also went to Adoption Day. Her kennelmates blind and deaf Colt and Fatso weren’t happy that she was leaving them. They were barking. Miss B was kissing Zoe, because she really likes going to Adoption Day.

David asked me where Winston was. I told him that he was in the kennel office. There’s Winston pulling David, because he was ready to go.

​Doggie Macie is a resident of H2. I put her in the little park in front, so she could pee and potty, while we put the dogs in the van. She was also going to Adoption Day.

David had all of the dogs in crates in the van and ready to go. We said goodbye to Winston, because we thought that he was going to be adopted and he was. All of the doggies were ready to go.

By the time I got back to the shelter, Tyler had already put the frame on the shelter, the sides and the top. Ricky couldn’t stay out of the shelter. He was jumping and playing.

Shelby was working in kennels.

Here’s a picture of Beto and Rowdy in the park.

You can see that Beto is limping on his back right leg in this photo. Two weeks ago, we put him on medicine for his leg and on light food, because he’s gotten a little chunky, as you can see. We hoped that he hadn’t torn his ACL and that the medicine would make him better. He hasn’t gotten any better, so he will be going to the vet pretty soon.

Shelby and her boyfriend rescued Haiti on the street. We brought her to the park, so Shelby could play with her. Haiti has a deformed leg and we have to put a booty on her, so she can run and play. She is healing. She runs and plays with the booty on her and it acts like a glove. She met Brownie and Joe at the fence line.There were some dogs in the Beemer Park, while we were using the little park in H2 for Haiti.

We have a contributor, who found us on Petfinder and she fell in love with Goldie. It’s a long story and I will tell you that story later. The main thing is that she fell in love with Goldie and Fancy and wants to adopt both of them, if the two girls get along. Today was the perfect day to try them together, because Marshall went to Adoption Day. Marshall lives with Goldie and Goldie was by herself for the day. It was the perfect day to introduce Fancy to Goldie. If they got along in the park, I planned to leave them out there all day to see how they acted. I took Fancy out of H2 and brought her to the Pat Arnold Park.

Then we went to get Goldie from her kennel and we brought her to the park.

They met and their tails were wagging. Goldie wanted to be the top dog and Fancy didn’t have a problem with that.

Fancy loves everything and everybody and she doesn’t care, but Goldie was a good girl. She liked her. She knew that Fancy wasn’t any threat. They started kissing and then my Fancy-dancy started dancing and she wanted to play. I told Zoe to take them off their leashes and they started running and playing and there was no aggression at all. ​

While Marshall was away at Adoption Day, we decided to put them both in Goldie’s kennel. Fancy got to spend the whole day there with Goldie and they got along great. I can now tell this contributor that they can get along, but she lives in the State of Washington.

We now have a big, brand-new horse ball for Cesar. I already made a video and put it on Facebook. I want to thank Cathy Blanton and her family, because they sponsor blind Cesar. We encourage people to do that. You can sponsor a dog and we will keep you updated. Cesar loves his new horse ball and he played and played and played with it.

After that, Jacob’s grandfather came to meet Rocky. Oh my goodness, as soon as he saw Rocky, he fell in love with him.

Jacob’s grandmother knew that her husband wanted a dog and she said okay. We set the home visit for Sunday, which is my day off and Jacob’s day off. They live in Mabank, so it was very easy to do that home visit the next day and it worked. Congratulations to Rocky and his new family!

Then I taught Caragan how to doctor our three dogs with ringworm. I looked at Naomi and I didn’t think she had ringworm, but Jet and Cadet did.

​BILL: That was it for the 26th. We’ll be back again soon with another report from Straydog.

Last weekend a family saw Winston on Petfinder and just had to meet him. They came out to our shelter and had a wonderful visit. They all got along and the next thing you know a home visit was lined up. Today the home visit went terrific and Winston now has a forever home. Congratulations Winston!

Winston has a visit from his soon to be new family.

New Dad David and John-Mark welcome Winston into his new home.

He is then greeted by one of the cats with an arched back and standing hair.

Winston just looked at him and went on about his business. The resident cats are used to having a dog in the house and they will become good friends with Winston.

David shows Winston around the back yard.

They walked all over checking out everything.

Winston sees his two new neighbors, a couple of small dogs. He's not much interested in them either.

You can tell David loves Winston.

David says goodbye to Winston and tells him he's in great hands with his new family.

A picture of Winston with his new Mom Anastasia and new Dad David before we leave.

​BILL ANNOUNCES:Straydog Radio Show covering the events of Friday, November 25, 2016. Juana, let’s talk about what happened on Friday, which was just a few days ago.

JUANA:It was just a few days ago and the day after Thanksgiving. We had a full crew and everybody survived Thanksgiving. Shelby is off on Thursdays, so she was here bright and early, at 6:00 on Friday morning. She goes to college and she works Fridays and Saturdays. She was working in kennels, even though it looks like she’s dancing.

She was working in Oscar and DeeDee’s kennel. Oscar was having a really good day and he was so frisky. Shelby called me over to see how happy he was. He was running and running around and around his shelter and tussling with DeeDee and hugging Shelby. It was kind of chilly and he was so cute. It’s been awhile since he’s acted like puppy Oscar instead of ten-year-old Oscar.

BILL: He’s not that old, is he?

JUANA: He’s probably at least nine years old. I was very happy to see Oscar feeling so well. ​

Doggies David, Tarzan and Chip are hanging in there. They were trying to look over at Oscar and DeeDee, who were playing with Shelby. When I passed through with the camera, they were smiling at me. They get along so well. These three boys are very, very submissive and so very handsome and they are doing great together.

There’s Friendly and Polly. Friendly is still limping on his foreleg. He’s taking medicine and he’s not limping as badly, but he’s still sore.

This is a picture of Michelangelo and Barbie.

They were in the kennel that we were using for Chubs and Hannah. Since we moved doggie David in with Chip and moved doggie Wayne inside, we moved Chubs and Hannah to their kennel. Then we moved Michelangelo and Barbie, who were Phara’s pups, to a kennel that is closer to the park. We moved their shelter back because, the way James positioned that shelter, we wasted all of the space in the back. The dogs like to run around the space in the front. The kennel now looks huge. I asked Tyler to move the shelter and use that space. It looks a lot better and a lot bigger. We took a photo of how it used to be, when we were moving it.

​This Friday we had a visitor. I forget his name, but he’s Caragan’s brother.

He flew down from Wisconsin for Thanksgiving and to visit Caragan and her Granny in Mabank. Caragan asked if she could bring her brother to Straydog so he could spend the day with her. I agreed to let him shadow her. He was very impressed with our operation and he spent the whole day with us and all of the dogs really liked him. I am sorry that I forgot his name.

There’s Wayne and Luigi at caregiving time.

I guess Caragan’s brother got bored hanging out with his sister and he started hanging out with Zoe after lunch. Zoe was the walker in the Shirley Olsen Beemer Park and Caragan was the walker in Pat Arnold Park. Zoe was bringing Minnie and Mickey to the Beemer Park and Caragan’s brother was with her. He wanted to learn more about what we do. Look at Minnie! I had to put her on a diet. She was getting so fat. I think she would have liked to eat the whole turkey. I am only kidding! She’s my girl and they are doing very well.

This is a beautiful picture of Miss B looking right into the camera. Her eyes look like they are in the holes of the fence. I love this picture!

There’s Caragan. I call her, “Caregiving Caragan.” There she is caregiving C-Stat.

Caragan does the same thing with Yoshi. C-Stat and Yoshi just sit there by the fence and Caragan sits with them and pets them and pets them. Yoshi has always done that and now C-Stat is doing that too.​